[Skybird]

Exert pressure on Iran - how? They are in the stronger position. Pressure on Syria - only possible by the thread of war. And then what is happening in Lebanon now, would happen in Syria, and civilians would die. What's the difference? And all this is only about preventing future weapons delivery to Hezbollah. It does not touch the enormous stockpiles of weapons they already have. No, first the Hezbollah must be severly wounded, and then we can take on Syria, in this or that way, I am not sure about that. concenring Iran, they are simply out of reach with their nuclear program - at least as long as you do not will to use nukes against them premptively (by that I do not say I propagate that option). a cooperaion between Lebanese army and IDF again would mean that Israelis tropps are stationed in Lebanon. and the pure attempt to disarm Hezbollah necessarily must cause it to go to full scale battle, which probably would lead to the same turnout that we have now. there is no way for flanking manouveurs and fints and fakes here. To aim at the middle of the enemy's front and clash right into it, head-on, going for the very centre of his imemdiate combat potential is the unwelcomed, but only option here. Don't like that myself, I avoid frontal collisions. But I see no other way here that could work. I'm even jot sure that what happens now will work. But from all options I give it the by far highest probability to acchieve at least some degree of functional success.